Because of the corona virus pandemic, Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour has canceled the Met Gala in New York and postponed it indefinitely. Due to the “inevitable and responsible decision of the Metropolitan Museum” to close its doors, the fashion exhibition “About Time” and the associated opening gala will be postponed to a later date, wrote the head of the US edition of the fashion magazine yesterday on the “Vogue” website “.
The Met Gala is New York’s top social event of the year and always takes place on the first Monday in May.
“Horrified” by Trump’s crisis management
The editor-in-chief also used her contribution to criticize US President Donald Trump’s crisis management in the coronavirus crisis: “Like many of us, I was horrified at how he reacted to the pandemic. (…) His dishonesty towards the American people and, worst of all, his shocking lack of empathy and compassion for those who suffer and fear, ”wrote Wintour. She also used her contribution to make former Vice President Joe Biden her preferred Democratic candidate for the White House.
The British-born Wintour – who has been directing the US edition of Vogue for more than three decades – made the Met Gala an event that competes with the Academy Awards yesterday. The gala is co-hosted by actresses Meryl Streep and Emma Stone, playwright, composer and actress Lin-Manuel Miranda (the musical “Hamilton”), artistic director of the women’s collections by Louis Vuitton, Nicolas Ghesquiere, and Anna Wintour. This year’s “About Time” fashion exhibition should run from May 7th to September 7th.
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